informal #verb #Idioms #English #esl

charge off {v.}

1. To consider or record as a loss, especially in an account book.

The store owner charged off all of the last season's stock of suits.

Syn.: WRITE OFF (1).

1. or charge up {informal}
   To accept or remember (something) as a mistake and not worry about it any more. — Often used with "to experience".

He charged off his mistakes to experience.

Syn.: CHALK UP. Compare: CHARGE TO. Categories: experience informal verb